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The downside to stationary agriculture: the protein-limited grain diets of typical farmers were unnatural & poor compared to the protein-rich diets of their hunter-gatherer forebears. Genetic adaptation was only partial. /5
Alongside the stationary carbohydrate-rich (and thus protein-limited) cultures were the nomadic protein-rich cultures, far more limited in social scale, except when, as with Mongols, Arabs, etc. they conquered & led the social scaling institutions of stationary societies. /6
The frequency with which sparsely populated nomads conquered populous stationary societies seems paradoxical until we realize that nomads diets were much closer to our foraging forebears', giving more muscle & brain power, offsetting the poor scaling of roving societies. /7
Stationary pastoralism https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2011/05/lactase-persistence-and-quasi.html … combines the social scalability of stationary ag with a diet much closer to the protein-rich diet of nomads & hunter-gatherers. The ag & industrial revolutions happened first in regions most advanced towards stationary pastoralism.
Protein dilution explains almost all obesity. Protein has gone from ~30% of calories down to <12%. But we're adapted for much higher levels so will search for more and more calories to satiate protein needs Getting back to HG protein levels is the best way to lose weightpic.twitter.com/Dc9e7jEefw
All Civilisations with their innovations and drive have emerged and prospered while being grain fed, from rice to wheat to barley to maize. Complex systems (the changes within the genomics of hosts, commensal microbiota, endemic pathogens) cannot be simplified down to 2 lines
The industrial revolution, and its associated agricultural revolutiion, started in regions (English Midlands, Scottish Clydeside, Wallonia, Wupper Valley, etc.) that had the highest levels of stationary pastoralism in the worldpic.twitter.com/A0ZsAuQ0HJ
The traditional association of grains & civilization has nothing to do with a carb-heavy diet (nutritionally a big disadvantage), it is due to grain being a permanent, stationary supply of food, vs. necessary mobility of pastoralists prior to the dawn of stationary pastoralism.
Exactly. Grain is an excellent store of carbs. It grows fast and if kept in a dry and cool place, can be stored for a significant amount of time.
Good point, and illuminates the important roles of hard cheese and sausage in stationary pastoralism.
...Argentines, Brazilians, Uruguayans, Peruvians, etc.
Especially the Argentines
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